Alabama vs Virginia
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Alabama comes out ahead on 8 of them and Virginia on 7, but that tally is not a recommendation: it weighs a difference in class size the same as a difference in house price. Read the rows that matter to you.
MeasureAlabamaVirginia
Home price$241,517$419,920
Rent paid$1,008$1,599
Cost of living88.6100.8
Income$66,659$92,090
Property tax0.37%0.78%
Income tax5.00%5.75%
Sales tax9.46%5.77%
Electric bill$185$173
Temperature64.2°F57.6°F
Snowfall2.0 in11.3 in
Precipitation52.3 in40.8 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.214.0
Bachelor's or higher29.9%43.3%
Crime rate360218
Commute26.0 min28.3 min
Unemployment3.2%3.7%
Population change+3.3%+2.9%
Wildfire risk62.533.1
Flood risk83.367.2
Bold marks the better figure where a measure has a better direction. Weather, snowfall and rainfall are shown plain, because warmer is not better — it is a preference.